There are a number of different financial business functions performed within the e*mpac Financials application. Depending upon your access and the business function you perform, you may use one or more of the following:

Most traditional reporting tools are still available in e*mpac PeopleSoft 9.1. These include batch reports like "month-end reports" that can be viewed in the report distribution tool, PeopleSoft query and nVision. UMass Lowell no longer supports the FAIR reporting tool.

Summit is a web-based tool that delivers PeopleSoft data both quickly and easily through customized graphs and tables. Summit is the Enterprise Reporting tool currently used to support Finance and Human Resources. It will eventually include Student (iSiS) and Advancement data. As a Summit user, you have access to your day-to-day processes.

Whether you are a new or experienced Summit user, you might want to take a few minutes to watch and listen to these brief screencasts, which demonstrate and teach the use of Summit. Please not, as the screencast were prepared by the Amherst campus, Amherst information is displayed. However, since Summit is a tool used by all campuses, the Lowell user should still find these brief screencast helpful. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Maura Shield.